Essays about: "cold pressor test"

Found 5 essays containing the words cold pressor test.

1. 1. Confronting the Unknown: Pain Catastrophizing, Emotion Regulation, Psychopathy, and Associations With Uncertainty

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

   Author : Gabriel Björk; Sebastian Sand; [2018]
   Keywords : intolerance of uncertainty; beads task; cold pressor test; emotion regulation; pain catastrophizing; psychopathic traits; Intolerans mot osäkerhet; Beads Task; kallvattentest; känsloreglering; smärtkatastrofiering; psykopatiska personlighetsdrag;

   Abstract : Intolerance of uncertainty concerns how one views and reacts touncertainty, where one who’s highly intolerant would find it verydiscomforting when confronted with uncertain situations. The purposeof this study was to examine the associations between intolerance ofuncertainty, pain catastrophizing, emotion regulation andpsychopathic traits. READ MORE

3. 2. Effects of (Un)Certain Social Information on Pain and Memory

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

   Author : Lucas Dullaghan; Hanna Fellman; [2018]
   Keywords : ncertainty; cold-pressor test; social information; pain; memory; recall; osäkerhet; kallvatten test; social information; smärta; minne; återkallelse;

   Abstract : The present study investigated the impact of certain and uncertain socialinformation on pain perception and memory. We hypothesized that theuncertain feedback group would experience higher pain intensity. Further, thatthe uncertain group would remember fewer pictures than the certain group. READ MORE

4. 3. The impact of pain information on pain intensity An experimental study on violation of expectations and conflicting information

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

   Author : Moa Adolfsson; Nina Widmark; [2016]
   Keywords : Cold pressor test; expectations; pain; cognitive conflict; Kallvattentest; förväntningar; smärta; kognitiv konflikt;

   Abstract : Previous research has shown that there are several components involved in how we perceive pain, e.g. social and psychological factors such as expectations of pain. A cold pressor experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of negative/positive information on pain perception. READ MORE

5. 4. Wearable Sensor Data Fusion for Human Stress Estimation

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Reglerteknik

   Author : Simon Ollander; [2015]
   Keywords : stress; data fusion; classification; modelling; wearables; physiological sensors;

   Abstract : With the purpose of classifying and modelling stress, different sensors, signal features, machine learning methods, and stress experiments have been compared. Two databases have been studied: the MIT driver stress database and a new experimental database, where three stress tasks have been performed for 9 subjects: the Trier Social Stress Test, the Socially Evaluated Cold Pressor Test and the d2 test, of which the latter is not classically used for generating stress. READ MORE

6. 5. Pain modulation in patients with chronic lumbar myalgia : An experimental study

   University essay from Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID)

   Author : Karin Nygren; Charlotte Glimstedt; [2013]
   Keywords : Chronic low back pain; myalgia; presure pain thresholds; static contraction; endogenous pain modulation; exercise; Kronisk ländryggssmärta; myalgi; smärttröskel för tryck; statisk kontraktion; kroppsegen smärtmodulering; träning;

   Abstract : Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur statisk muskelkontraktion och cold pressor test påverkar kroppsegna smärtreglerande system (”Exercise induced analgesia” (EIA) och ”Conditioned pain modulation” (CPM)) hos patienter med kronisk ländryggssmärta kännetecknad av lumbal myalgi (LM) jämfört med friska kontroller. Försökspersoner och metod: Tjugosex friska köns- och åldersmatchade personer och tjugosex LM-patienter deltog. READ MORE